Number 80: Volume 52
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1952 Price Five Cents '"
McDowell Ends
Ag Basketball
Career Tonight
By BOB SELLECK
Battalion Sports Editor
“JewgJl McDowell Night” has
been proclaimed tonight as the
Aggies tangle with the Baylor
Bears in a Southwest Conference
basketball .game scheduled in De-
Ware Field House. Game time is
8 p. m.
Athletic Director Barlow Irvin
and basketball Coach John Floyd
plan brief pre-game ceremonies
in recognition of the little guard’s
athletic accomplishments at A&M
McDowell will also be the Aggies’
team captain tonight as he closes
his college basketball career.
He has made 842 points in his
three years of varsity experience
and so far this season has a 10.5
average per contest. Recognized
as the best game staller in the
conference, McDowell has fouled
out only three times in his college
career.
All Conference Two Years
Unanimously selected the past
two years as All Southwest Con
ference and All District f>, NCAA,
guard McDowell was named the
most valuable player on the team
The legislators who chartered A&M April 17,
1871, and appropriated $75,000 for buildings re
cently was presented to the college archives by a
daughter of one of the members. Mrs. William
Deatherage of Dallas, gave the picture to D. B.
Gofer, college archivist. Mrs. Deatherage is the
daughter of J. R. Cole (shown in the middle row
of the picture), who was a member of the house
of representatives of the Texas legislature which
chartered A&M. Cole later served as professor of
English and history at A&M and became acting
president to succeed John Garland James in 1883.
Mrs. Deatherage also presented the college with
Cole’s autobiography, “Seven Decades of My
Life,” and a copy of the Weekly Brazos Pilot of
June 27, 1883, which contained Cole’s report to
the board of directors while he w'as acting presi
dent of A&M. The picture is labeled “Demoaratic
Members” of the house of representatives, as
the “carpet bagger” rule of the reconstruction
period still was in effect in 1871.
Well Tailored Performers
Revelers ? Quartet Proves
Hit in Town Hall Show
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion Staff Writer
Combining an interesting selec
tion of popular renditions with se
lected classical numbers, The Rev
elers’, one of the nation’s top male
quartets, performed before an en-
husiastic Town Hall audience last
-night.
The well-tailored Revelers blend
ed two tenors, a baritone, and a
basso to produce a melodic har
mony similar to that of an organ.
-TKcir arrangements were differ
ent, and each featured solo parts
each member of the group.
The first half of the program
wr yjmposed of classical music
ydmXj although w r ell done, did not
go over too well with the majority
of the audience. Two exceptions
were “The Lord’s Prayer” and
“The Dance of the Skeletons,” a
song-picture of the dead rising
Local Entertainers
Needed by MSC
The MSC Social department is
conducting a search for local tal
ent to entertain at dance intermis
sions and other social activities
held in the MSC, according to Miss
Betty Bblander, assistant social di
rector.
Anyone who has talent may con
tact Miss Bolander for an audition
appointment.
fi'om their graves to dance and elers’ accompanist, Paul Sargent,
celebrate.
Both well done and well liked
were a series of barber shop mel
odies sung by the quartet. All the
old favorites were sung in the tra
ditional manner.
The latter part of the program
was a collection of songs from
“South Pacific.” Probably for the
benefit of Aggies, the collection be
gan and ended with “There Is
Nothing Like A Dame.”
Classical selections included “I
Love Thee,” “Hey Robin! Jolly
Robin!” “Thanks Be To Thee,”
“Queen of My Heart,” “In the Sil
ent Night,” “My Abode,” and
“Think of Me.”
“Songs of Childhood”
Also on the program was a se
lection entitled “Songs of Child
hood”, which consisted of “Will
You Walk a Little Faster” from
Alice in Wonderland; “Little Boy
Blue,” “The Elfman,” “The Drum,”
and “The Woman in the Shoe.”
The Songs of Childhood were in
a lighter vein and reminiscent of
the verses in the big, brightly-col
ored books, with large print which
almost everyone has read in Child
hood.
After the intermission the Rev-
New Ad, Building
Open Saturday
The new college administra
tion building will be open for in
spection by visitors Saturday
afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m. It
will also be open on Sunday
from 1) a.m. to 5 p.m.
RV’s Will Attend
Mardi Gras Feb. 22
The RV’s will represent A&M
College at the Mardi Gras celebra
tion in New Orleans on Feb. 22,
said Dick Ingles, commander.
The Company will be broken
down into three platoons and will
perform a marching drill with
rifles. The drill will consist of a
change to right and left shoulder
maneuvers.
The company has been drilling
twice a week in preparation for
the Mardi Gras and should be in
good form.
played several numbers. As an en
core he presented a composition
of his own.
Encores for the quartet included
“Nola,” “Dry Bones,” “Siboney,”
“Pm an Old Cowhand,” and “De
Preacher and De Bear,” all of
which pleased the audience.
Comedy relief for the evening
was provided by the clowning of
the quarter’s basso, Wilfred Glenn.
Other members of the quartet
were William Hogue, tenor; Tho
mas Edwards, tenor; and Calvin
Marsh, baritone.
Student Fees
Should Be Paid
Early Says Zinn
Students desiring to retain
their present rooms ■ for the
second , semester, should pay.
fees and reserve their room
from now until Jan. 22, ac
cording to Bennie Zinn, assistant
dean of men.
Fees should be payed in the Fis
cal office, Administration Build
ing, and room reservations made in
the Housing Office, Goodwin Hall,
Zinn said.
Those students desiring to re
serve another room other than
their present, one may do so by
presenting written permission
from the house master or the or
ganization commander if the stu
dent is in the corps. This includes
students moving to New Area
dormitories or to non-military
areas.
Students moving from the Basic
Division to a non-military dormi
tory must secure written permis
sion from the assistant command
ant before a room can be reserved,
Zinn added.
Day students, including those
living in college apartments, may
save considerable time at registra
tion if they pay fees in advance,
the assistant dean of men said.
Also, students who plan to be
day students next semester must
secure a Day Student Permit from
the Housing Office before paying
fees.
in 1950 and was chosen honorary
captain last year.
The Bears will enter the game
still seeking their first conference
win. They fell before Arkansas
54-38 and TCU 75-57 in previous
SWC contests.
Ralph Johnson, last season’s
leading conference scorer with 176
points, will spearhead the Baylor
attempt to knock off the Aggies.
This season Johnson has taken
up where he left off last year and
is second in season scoring with
196 points. His favorite point-
maker is a left-handed shot which
is doubly hard to guard because
of his quick deception.
The battle could turn into an in
dividual scoring duel between
Johnson and the Aggies’ center
Buddy Davis.
Hot On Heels
The giant Cadet center is hot
on Johnson’s heels in season scor
ing with a total 192 tallies. Davis
leads Johnson in conference scor
ing, however, with 42 points in
three league games.
Even if Johnson m blanketed, the
Aggies could still receive plenty
of misery from Norman “Moon”
Mullins, the unsuperstituous co
captain of the Bears who wears
the number 13.
Mullins Had 236
Mullins, last year, was the sec
ond leading Bruin scorer with
236 points, compared to Johnson’s
season total of 310. In the sea
son’s opener against Kansas, cur
rently the number one team in the
nation, Mullins chalked up 24
counters.
The Cadets will look for a scor
ing punch from LeRoy Miksch, who
has.tallied 130 points this year, and
little Woody Walker has added 70'
more to the Cadet total.
Don Binford, who has been used
sparingly by Coach Floyd in the
last two games, is expected to
round into top shape by game time
tonight.
A&M’s starting line-up will
probably look something like this:
Jewell McDowell and Woody Walk
er, guards; Buddy Davis, center;
and LeRoy Miksch and Don Bin-
ford, forwards.
That Time Again
This world is just not my home, says Jae Mattei,
junior on the Corps Staff as he prepared for
some of his finals. Mattei is a mechanical en
gineering major from San Antonio.
Student Wins;
Prof Wrong
“Your semester average is
82,” a prof told one of his stu
dents.
“But sir, I know my daily
grades are poor, but my major
quizzes have been fine.”
“Your average is still 82,”
the instructor replied sarcastic
ally.
After arguing several minutes,
the instructor offered to let the
student average his own grades.
None of the six quiz grades was
below 85.
With a smile on his face, the
student showed the list of grades
to the instructor who replied,
“There must be some mistake.
Your average is bound to be 82.
I averaged the grades personal
ly.”
Finally, after drawing the prof
a picture and explaining the
fundamentals of first grade
arithmetic, the prof shook his
head.
“I Can’t understand it,” he sob
bed walking away. “I made a
mistake.”
Dr. Snell Will Speak
To Sigma XI Tuesday
Dr. E. E. Snell, professor of bio
chemistry at the University of Tex
as, will speak to the A&M Chapter
of Sigma XI Tuesday night at 8.
The meeting will be held in the
Biological Science Lectui’e Room.
Members of Sigma XI, national
organization of men engaged in
scientific research, will hear Dr.
Snell discuss some of the biologi
cal aspects of nutrition.
A native of Salt*Lake City, Utah,
Dr. Snell received his BA degree
from Brigham Young University.
From the University of Wisconsin
he was granted both his MA and
PhD degrees.
Professor at TU
From 1939-45, the scientist was
associated with the University of
Texas department of chemistry as
teacher and research biochemist.
In 1945, he returned to Wisconsin
as professor of biochemistry and
remained there until June, 1951,
when he became professor at Tex
as.
Because of Dr. Snell’s work in
the field of research he received
the Eli Lilly award in 1945, the
Mead Johnson B-complex award in
1946, and the Osborn-Mendel award
in 1951.
Vitamin Metabolism
Most of Dr. Snell’s research has
been concerned with vitamins and
vitamin metabolism. He and his
associates originated the use of
micro-organisms for the study of
vitamins and amino acids.
Tuesday night’s speaker is also
credited with isolating three forms
of Vitamin B6 and isolating avidin,
protein found in egg white.
In addition to his work in the
research field, Dr. Snell is a mem
ber of the Editorial Board of the
Journal of Biological Chemistry.
He is also a member of the Society
of Bacteriology, the Institute of
Nutrition, and the Society for Ex
perimental Biology and Medicine.
All graduate students and staff
members of the college are invited
to attend the lecture, according to
R. O. Berry, secretary of the local
chapter of Sigma XI.
‘Man’s History’ Given
In Basic Curriculum
A general survey course on the
history of man and civilization is
being offered by the Basic Divi
sion next semester.
Although the course is design
ed for Basic students, those of
any classification may take the
course as a one hour credit elec
tive. Only Basic Division students
who will be permitted to take the
course are those having grade
point ratio of 1.0 or better.
The course title Basic 106 and
classes will meet WF 8, Th S8, or
T Th 1.
Dr. Mayo Will Lecture
Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of the
English department, will give the
lectures. At various times during
the semester, the class will be
broken up into groups of about
15 for discussion periods.
Starting with primitive man, the
course will include lectures on all
the great civilizations, such as
Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The four
main Greek philosophies will be
discussed, and periods will be de
voted to the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance.
Guest lecturers from the various
science departments will discuss
man’s progress in the sciences af
ter the Renaissance.
Books used in the course will be
Hendrik van Loon’s “The Story of
Chemistry Section
Omitted From List
A course that has been added
in the Chemistry Department
was omitted on yesterday’s Bat
talion. The course is Chemistry
302.
The section is 500 and will
meet on Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday at 8 a.m. and from
1-5 Wednesday afternoon—(3-4),
Mankind” and a phamplet of con
densed notes for lectures.
Dean John R. Bertrand of the
Basic Division considers the course
“a wonderful opportunity for stu
dents in highly technical majors to
get an introduction to general ed
ucation. All students in the Basic
Division who are qualified should
take it,” he said.
Dr. Mayo said, “Response to the
Survey of Man’s Knowledge”
course was extremely favorable
last year. A large percentage of
the students who took it were en
thusiastic.
Probation Students
Report to Deans
All students who are on scholas
tic probation for the Fall Semester
1951 and all students passing less
than 12 hours or making less than
12 grade points at the end of the
Fall Semester must secure the ap-
roval of their respective deans to
register for the Spring Semester
1952.
The several deans or their rep
resentatives will interview such
students in their offices on Friday,
February 1, 1952, H. L. Heaton,
registrar, announced.
Wolfbein to Speak
At ME Conference
The use of productivity figures
as a management tool, will be dis
cussed by Dr. Seymour L. Wolf
bein at the Management Engineer
ing Conference to be held at here
Feb. 27-28. He is chief of the divi
sion of manpower and employment
statistics, Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics, U. S. Department of Labor.
McCurdy to Speak
At Alumni Banquet
Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., Alumni
Secretary of the College of Wil
liam and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.,
and the Current International Pres
ident of the American Alumni
Council, will make the President’s
Address at the dinner meeting
Friday evening of the District IV
Conference of the American Alum
ni Council in session Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
A 1933'graduate of the College
of William and Mary, Mr. Mc
Curdy has been the executive sec
retary of his alumni group since
September of 1937 and also has
served during that time as editor
of The Alumni Gazette, which mag
azine in 1948 and 1951 was named
Jet Fighters
Scramble Over
MV Korea
Seoul, Korea, Jan. 18—(iP)
Jet planes fought over North-
w e s t Korea today for the
fourth successive clay.
U.S. Sabre Jets screening
Thunderjet strikes against Red rail
lines and supplies fought briefly
with elements of a formation of
120 Communist jets.
One flight of four MIG-15s broke
through the screening Sabres and
made a firing pass at the Thunder-
jets, then headed for home. No
damage was reported.
The Air Force reported three
MIGs downed and seven damaged
in the previous three days fights.
Allied losses are' reported only
weekly.
Action along the irozen 145-mile
ground front followed the same
quiet pattern of the last two
months.
The only fighting Friday morn
ing reported by the U.S. Eighth
Army was along the Eastern front.
An Allied patrol fought with en-
trenched Communists west of
Heartbreak Ridge for an hour and
a half before withdrawing.
At the extreme Eastern end of
the line three small Red probes
were beaten back south of Kosong.
The U.S. Cruiser St. Paul re
turned to action off Kosong Thurs
day. The St. Paul’s guns hit Red
entrenchments with 125 rounds and
the supporting destroyers Hammer
and Marshall added another 100
rounds. Capt. R. A. Cano of Pipe
stone, Minn., reported the St. Paul
destroyed six Red bunkers and
damaged eight.
More than 180 miles north of the
38th parallel the U.S. destroyers
Doyle and Porterfield and the Can
adian Destroyer Athabaskan touch
ed off big fires near Songjin. The
Athabaskan moved so close inshore
sailors on her decks raked a build
ing with rifles and machineguns.
Sixty Marine planes and B-26
light bombers hit highway and rail
way traffic during the night by
the light of flares.
among the top ten alumni maga
zines in the country.
McCurdy is active in many civic
affairs, being a member and past
president of the Williamsburg Ro
tary Club, member and secretary
of the Citizens Association and a
vestryman of the Bruton Parish
Church of Williamsburg.
He has the distinction of being
the youngest, alumnus ever elected
to the Board of Directors, Society
of the Alumni of the College, hav
ing received that honor three years
after graduation. He is the young
est alumnus to ever receive the
Alumni Medallion, which w a s
awarded to him in 1936 for ser
vice rendered to the college.
In 1941 he was the recipient ol
the Algeron Sidney Sullivan
Award, presented each year by the
college faculty to the man oi‘ wo
man whose influence for good to
both college and community has
been conspicious, and to that time
was the first alumnus officially
connected with the college to re
ceive this award.
Chairman of District III
McCurdy has been a member of
the American Alumni Council since
1937 and was elected chairman of
District III (Southeastern United
States) in July 1941.
He served as director for na
tional conferences in July 1946 and
directed the national conference
held in San Francisco, July 1947.
He was named president-elect of
the Council in July 1950 and ele
vated to presidency in July 1951
for term expiring July 1952.
During World War II he was
assigned to the Office of the Chief
Cable Censor as an editorial writer
as a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) and
subsequently served as executive
officer and commanding officer of
the Navy V-12 Unit of Gustavus
Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.,
until he was released to inactive
duty on Jan. 21, 1946, with the
rank of Lieutenant Commander.
Labor Man
Addresses
Student Club
Fred H. Schmidt of the. CIO
spoke last night on labor relations
to a group of industrial technol
ogy students in the MSC.
Schmidt, acting director of Dis
trict 3, Oil Workers International
Union, CTO, Dallas, talked on the
history of the CIO, how the CIO
functions, the relationship of un
ions to management, and the ef
fect of the Taft-Hartley Law on
labor.
A question and answer period
at the close of the meeting brought
up several interesting questions on
these topics.
Schmidt has been with the CIO
for a number of years, and is con
sidered to be well informed in the
field of labor relations.